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go here There is an increasing amount of noise surrounding “freedom of speech”, “fake news”, and everyone’s right to be heard. This requires some consideration as, in the words of Inigo Montoya, “I do not think [Freedom of Speech] means what you…Read more

go to site What Is Let’s Play? The Let’s Play “Movement”, so to speak, has been around for a while. To put it simply Let’s Play is the practice of recording and sharing game playthroughs on sites like YouTube. Often these videos contain…Read more

This is my PPT from PAX East 2014 on Cyber-bullying: PAX East Presentation 2 A while back I wrote some pieces concerning the Penny Arcade “Dickwolves” controversy. Considering the large subsection of individuals who felt threatened by the caustic harassment from both…Read more

In academia, students traditionally retain intellectual property rights in their term papers, artwork, screenplays, and other creative works. An unsettling trend has developed, however, in those institutions that exclusively offer game development and game design programs. These programs, such as…Read more

It’s a fact: game developers create intellectual property. This is terrifying to a lot of developers because IP isn’t really there—the stories, characters, artwork, music and ideas you put into your game aren’t physical objects. You can’t put them under…Read more

There are a few misconceptions in the indie development community concerning the definition and legality of clone games. Some take it as given that a legal clone can be a fan game, including many of the same visual and sound…Read more

There is enough news on this to not require a long post, and after last night's 2,000 word monster a little brevity won't hurt. Short version: we're in the 6th round of negotiations for ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), a multilateral…Read more